University of Alberta

ABOUT US

The Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Alberta offers degree programs at the undergraduate and graduate level in Chinese and Japanese language, linguistics, and literature. As the only university department between Toronto and Vancouver devoted solely to the study of East Asia, we provide our students with a valuable opportunity to build a solid foundation for a career involving this exciting and economically vigorous part of the world.

HISTORY

Courses on East Asia have been offered regularly at the University of Alberta since 1961, making our programme one of the oldest in Western Canada. East-Asia-related courses at the University of Alberta were originally offered within the Department of History and Classics, but in response to the increasing demand for courses on East Asia an independent Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures was formed in 1979. Renamed the Department of East Asian Studies in 1994 to reflect the expanded range of topics covered in its courses, the department has continued to grow steadily and now boasts record enrolments in its language and culture courses. Read more

News

  • Rare Opportunity - Guqin Lecture and Recital

    Dr. Jeff Roberts is presenting "Tracing Intercultural Instincts for Spontaneity - Daoist Aesthetics, Guqin Improvisation and American Experimentalism" at Studio 27 this Friday, January 27th. Everyone welcome. Admission is free!

  • Chinese Lantern Festival Celebration

    The Department of East Asian Studies cordially invites you to attend the 2012 Chinese Lantern Festival Celebration in commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the department.

  • Lecture on Chinese art: De-nin Lee

    De-nin Lee, "Black and White and Read All Over: Chinese Painting and Reception." Thusday, 19 January, 5:15pm - 6:15pm, Fine Arts Building 2-20.